Transformers: Leader's Proof - Fragile, but Hard to Kill

Chapter 87 Split Push and Tower Stealing... (crossed out) Split Push and Key Stealing

Nothing much happened these past two days. People went about their patrols and their work, while Rosa chose to work as a blacksmith, continuing to produce materials to upgrade the land bridge into a space bridge.

Today it was Bumblebee's turn to go out on patrol, while Arcee took Jack for a drive, and Maggie was focused on calibrating her guitar, preparing to play rock music together when Bumblebee came back.

Raffi was still engrossed in his laptop, while Optimus Prime and Ratchet were studying psychology-related topics.

With nothing to do, Smokescreen wandered aimlessly around the base. He overheard a clanging sound coming from a room next to the main hall, sometimes accompanied by hissing noises.

"Ambulance, what is Rosa doing in there?" Smokescreen asked curiously as it approached the ambulance and Optimus Prime.

"Don't bother her, she's working..." the ambulance driver said, then, in a coaxing tone, told Smokescreen to clean the warehouse, trying to give him something to do.

In short, everything is fine, except that the Decepticons seem to be very busy, but it's unclear what they're busy with.

For example, after digging for a long time, you find a relic storage jar, take it out, and hand it to Megatron so he can open it himself, only to find it's empty.

For example, even after dismantling the entire ruins, not a trace of the key was found.

What are they digging for? I don't know. They seem very busy, but I also don't seem to know what they're busy with.

Megatron had been waiting for ages, almost deciphering all the artifacts, but still hadn't found a single one. Meanwhile, Soundwave was still trying to decipher the coordinates of the last set of artifacts.

After a period of searching for the virus and deciphering the Iron Fortress coordinates, he is now somewhat overworked, and his speed in deciphering the last set of relics has dropped significantly.

Later that evening, after everyone had returned to the Autobot base, a message was received in the lobby from an old, familiar machine.

Everyone was chatting in the base, and they all thought the Decepticons might have taken the key. They were discussing how to get the last key.

Rosa also came out to rest and replenish her energy until a detected signal popped up on the screen.

"It's a high-frequency signal with an embedded message," the ambulance read out the message on the screen. Everyone crowded around, knowing without even looking who it was.

"Red Spider?" I saw the image displayed on the signal panel through the partition; it was an old machine.

"I've got something that you might be interested in, but it's not very useful to me," the ambulance continued reading, and the partition seemed to realize what it was most likely.

“It must be the Ultimate Key.” The partition said, and the smoke screen also realized that it was probably a sneak attack that time, so that’s probably it.

"Don't rush, don't rush, there's more." The ambulance raised its hand to signal, then continued reading, "Please take the medical kit. The only thing I want in return is for you to perform surgery on me and replace the deformed gear."

Everyone at the base was discussing whether to go or not. Although they were very reluctant to let Red Spider fly again, they still needed the key.

They would never allow it to be stolen directly, given the Autobots' moral standards. In the end, Optimus Prime led the bulkhead and the ambulance onto the land bridge.

Arcee guarded the energy transmission rod of the land bridge control panel, while Rosa, Bumblebee, and a few others surrounded the land bridge to prevent Starscream from rushing in.

Suddenly, an explosion was heard somewhere in the base. At the same time, the sprinkler system on the ceiling was activated, indicating that the explosion had actually caused a fire.

"What's going on?" Arcee instinctively shielded herself from the dense "rain" falling down, and then received a message from Optimus Prime, demanding that the land bridge be closed immediately.

Realizing she had fallen into a trap, Arcee immediately pulled the lever next to her, closing the land bridge. She walked to the other planes and nervously looked in the direction of the land bridge.

What exactly happened...?

Then came the bad news: Red Spider had obtained the Ultimate Key, one of the three in our base.

Upon hearing this, Rosa immediately went to check the compartment where the sacred relics were stored, even using teleportation. Smokescreen was a little confused when he saw Rosa disappear in a flash of blue light.

"Optimus Prime, are you really sure?" Arcee, who heard the news from inside the room, was still a little incredulous.

“I think I’m pretty sure, Arcee,” Optimus Prime said, having just roared in anger over the theft of the artifact.

"The fate of Cybertron is now in Starscream's hands," Optimus Prime said, "regardless of his true intentions."

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Meanwhile, Megatron had just returned from a trip to Cybertron, where he dug up the graves of past leaders and took one of their arms.

This arm was attached to Megatron's hand. He replaced the Fusion Cannon with the leader's arm. He wanted to experiment to see if attaching the arms of past leaders would allow the Hammer of the Gods to identify them as "leaders" who could use power.

Behind him, the Falcon was holding the Hammer of the Sky, and behind that, a soldier was holding the Dark Super Energy Body. After Megatron had inspected the situation in the control room, they were preparing to forge the "Dark Star Sword".

As Horror looked at Megatron's "leader" arm, there was an indescribable emotion reflected in his optical glasses.

"I will not allow Optimus Prime to revive Cybertron first. I will find the Autobot base, storm it, and take back the Ultimate Key!" Megatron said as he entered the main control room.

But here I saw an unexpected guest.

“I’ve been there.” Starscream rested one hand on the main control panel. “I got it.” As he spoke, Starscream placed the other hand in front of his chest armor and bowed slightly to Megatron. “Please forgive my uninvited arrival, Lord Megatron.”

Haunted Wings spotted Starscream, who had already defected, and immediately prepared to fire, but was stopped by Megatron. Megatron looked at Starscream with a thoughtful expression, seemingly waiting for Starscream to show his "sincerity."

“But I’m here to atone for my sins.” As he spoke, he picked up the four keys stacked together in his hand, which appeared as one key from Megatron’s perspective.

Then Starscream rubbed his hands together, and the four keys unfolded, all in place. Megatron's lips curled up slightly.

Red Spider put down the four keys in his hand, took a step back, and his meaning was clear: he had given them all to him.

"There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Tell me, Starscream, what do you want in return?" Megatron watched as Starscream knelt on one knee, placed one hand on his breastplate, and bowed his head to him.

Starscream doesn't need his original position because it's already taken; all he needs is to return and serve Megatron.

Did Megatron believe it? Of course not. He sent Starscream to take down the waiting guy first, while he worked on forging the Dark Star Sword.

Megatron hammered the Dark Super Energy entity again and again with the Hammer of the Sky, and as he watched the Dark Star Sword gradually take shape, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Next, he will use the cortical-mental connection because he needs to examine Red Spider's true "motives."